Alyssa McBride of Waterford Inducted into Mathematics Honors Society at Saint Michael's College

2011 Sep 22

Alyssa McBride, daughter of James McBride of Silver Spring, MD, and Krista Ash of Waterford, will be inducted September 23rd into Pi Mu Epsilon, the National Mathematics Honor Society, at Saint Michael's College. McBride, a senior accounting major, was one of 6 students selected for this honor for 2011. McBride graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy, before coming to Saint Michael's, a liberal arts residential Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont, one of the top 10 college towns in the country..

Founded in 1914 at Syracuse University, Pi Mu Epsilon is dedicated to promoting scholarly activity in mathematics at academic institutions, and to recognizing students who successfully pursue mathematical understanding. Students are selected on the basis of their overall academic excellence and accomplishments in mathematics.

Dr. Frank Morgan of Williams College and Vice President of the American Mathematical Society will speak at the induction ceremonies on "Soap Bubbles and Mathematics."

Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu . Saint Michael's provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead successful, purposeful lives that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's College is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns. Identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nations Best 373 Colleges, and included in the 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges, Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2011 U.S. News & World Report rankings.